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Jean Cocteau

1889 - 1963

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Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (UK: KOK-toh, US: kok-TOH; French: [ʒɑ̃ mɔʁis øʒɛn klemɑ̃ kɔkto]; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th century and hugely influential on the surrealist and Dadaist movements, among others. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Cocteau is the 135th most popular writer (down from 118th in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from France (down from 121st in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Writer.

Jean Cocteau is most famous for his work in the film industry, specifically his work on the film "Beauty and the Beast."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Cocteau ranks 135 out of 7,302. Before him are Sully Prudhomme, Jean de La Fontaine, Ezra Pound, François Villon, Günter Grass, and Haruki Murakami. After him are August Strindberg, Charles Bukowski, Jonathan Swift, Paul Verlaine, Lewis Carroll, and Boris Pasternak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Jean Cocteau ranks 6. Before him are Adolf Hitler, Charlie Chaplin, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and António de Oliveira Salazar. After him are Edgar Adrian, Jawaharlal Nehru, Edwin Hubble, Philip Noel-Baker, Paul Karrer, and Ante Pavelić. Among people deceased in 1963, Jean Cocteau ranks 5. Before him are Pope John XXIII, Édith Piaf, John F. Kennedy, and Robert Frost. After him are Georges Braque, Aldous Huxley, Robert Schuman, W. E. B. Du Bois, Tristan Tzara, Lee Harvey Oswald, and C. S. Lewis.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Cocteau ranks 143 out of 6,770. Before him are François Villon (1431), Charles VII of France (1403), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835), Hugh Capet (940), Charles IX of France (1550), and Pope Clement IV (1190). After him are Évariste Galois (1811), Bernard of Clairvaux (1090), Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122), Roland Barthes (1915), Charles I of Anjou (1226), and Gérard Depardieu (1948).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Jean Cocteau ranks 30. Before him are Marquis de Sade (1740), Anatole France (1844), André Gide (1869), Sully Prudhomme (1839), Jean de La Fontaine (1621), and François Villon (1431). After him are Paul Verlaine (1844), Cyrano de Bergerac (1619), Jean Racine (1639), Nicolas Flamel (1330), André Breton (1896), and Stéphane Mallarmé (1842).

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